Books - "natural history"
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A Monograph of the Recent Cephalopoda, Based on the Collections in the British Museum (Natural History: Part I, Octopodinae and Part II, The Octopoda
2 volume set, imperial octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, blind rule to boards, xi + 236 + 7 plates (vol I), xi + 359pp + 6 plates (vol II), illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, slight fading to spines, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The British Museum 1929
KEYWORDS: GC Robson cephalopoda octopdinae octopoda octopus marine biology zoology natural history science
Diatomees des Alpes et du Jura et de la Region Suisse et Francaise des Environs de Geneve and Vegetations Pelagiques et Microscopiques du Lac de Geneve (Au Printemps de 1884)
TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, quarter- bound patterned red boards with gilt lettering & bands to black leather spine, marbled eps, 146pp + 9 plates + 17pp, illus, VG- (moderate-heavy rubbing to boards & spine, light bruising to board corners, bookseller's sticker to upper front pastedown, rear gutter cracked, gutters towards rear cracked, some foxing to prelims, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: H. Georg / Georges Massonn 1880
KEYWORDS: J Jacques Brun TEXT IN FRENCH diatomees diatoms jura marine biology science pelagiques natural history
Die Osterreichischen Diatomaceen Nebst Anschluss Einiger Neuen Arten Von Andern Lokalitaten und Einer Kritischen Uebersicht der Bisher Bekannten Gallungen und Arten
TEXT IN GERMAN, octavo, half-bound marbled boards with gilt lettering to brown leather spine, blue eps, 158pp + plates at rear, VG (moderate rubbing to boards & spine, light soiling to boards, owner's bookplate to front pastedown, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: 1862
KEYWORDS: A Grunow TEXT IN GERMAN diatomaceen diatoms marine biology science natural history
Botany of the Manawtu District New Zealand
Octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: E.C. Keating Government 1978
KEYWORDS: specials A.E. Elser botany New Zealand natural history
A Chronological Taxonomy of Conus 1758-1840
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Alan J. Kohn taxonomy natural history conus
Marine Molluscan Genera of Western North America: An Illustrated Key
Quarto hardcover (VG+) d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Myra Keen Eugene Coan natural history marine life molluscs North America
Marine Molluscs of Victoria
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge 1972
KEYWORDS: specials Hope J Macpherson & C.J. Gabriel marine molluscs natural history
Exotic Conchology, or Drawings and Descriptions of Rare, Beautiful or Undescribed Shells
Drawn on Stone from the Most Select Specimens; the Descriptions Systematically Arranged on the Principles of the Natural System
1968 facsimile reprint, large quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, a.e.g., marbled eps, xxiv + 48pp + 48 plates, illus, VG (some soiling & rubbing to boards, light foxing, some soiling to rear ep)
PUBLISHER: D. Van Nostrand Company / Delaware Museum of Natural History 1968
KEYWORDS: William Swainsom Sylvanus Hanley conchology shells shell collecting marine biology science zoology natural history
The Cambridge Natural History: Crustacea and Arachnids
Ex library, Imperial octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1909
KEYWORDS: specials F. Harmer A. E. Shipley science natural history zoology
Mollusca of the Southern Islands of New Zealand
Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Department of Scientific and Industrial Reseach 1955
KEYWORDS: specials A. W. B. Powell New Zealand natural history mollusca science biology
Cephalopods of the Philippine Islands
Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Smithsonian Institution 1963
KEYWORDS: specials Gilbert L. Voss cephalopods natural history Philippine Islands sea animals science biology
Orchid Hunting in Otago, New Zealand
Octavo softcover (VG) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie 1937
KEYWORDS: specials H. K. Dalrymple orchid flowers natural history refernce Otago New Zealand
Indexes to the Nautilus: Geographical (Vols. 1-90) and Scientific Names (Vols. 61-90)
Quarto hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: American Malacologists 1979
KEYWORDS: specials R. Tucker Abbott geography earth science natural history index reference
A Monograph of the Fresh-water Polyzoa, including All the Known Species, Both British and Foreign
Folio, half--bound, dark green heavy boards with dark green leather spine & corners, gilt lettering & 5 raised bands to spine, marbled eps, a.e.g., viii + 121pp + 11 plates with descriptions on facing pages, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to board corners & edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing to plates, some puckering to f.e.p.)
PUBLISHER: The Ray Society 1856
KEYWORDS: George James Allman freshwater fresh-water polyzoa marine biology science zoology natural history
A History of Silence: A Memoir
Signed, First edition, Super octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Text 2013
KEYWORDS: specials Lloyd Jones memoir Christchurch earthquake natural disaster New Zealand history
Wild South's Living Treasures of New Zealand
Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Rod Morris Peter Hayden New Zealand natural history fauna flora plants animals
The Language of Smell
Ex library, Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1976
KEYWORDS: specials Robert Burton natural history wildlife zoology
Bird Life on Island and Shore
First edition, imperial octavo, dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xix + 195pp, illus, VG- (moderately heavy foxing & tanning to page edgs, light bruising & creasing spine extrems, lower 8cm of frontispiece loose at hinge) in d/w, VG- (heavy browning to spine & rear, staining to front upper edge, 4cm tatty tear & creasing to lower spine extrem, nicks & creasing to upper spine extrem, 1cm tears with loss to corners, moderate creasing to rear lower edge)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1925
KEYWORDS: first edition H Guthrie-Smith New Zealand ornithology birds natural history
Marine Shells of the Pacific: Revised Edition
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Pacific Publications 1971
KEYWORDS: specials Walter O Cernohorsky Pacific marine shells conchology natural history science zoology
Furred Animals of Australia
Super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Halstead Press 1946
KEYWORDS: Specials Ellis Troughton furred animals Australia natural history zoology